Waste Water / Environmental

ACS won the 1992 Vaaler Award and two US patents for the design and manufacturing of complete coalescing process equipment for use on oil spill clean up from seawater.

This technology was used to provide separators to the Marine Spill Response Corporation. The United States Congress passed a tax on crude oil shipments to fund the Marine Spill Response Corporation, who has built 16 vessels which can skim oil from the surface of the water, clean it using ACS coalescers, and return clean seawater to the ocean. Today, the Marine Spill Response Corporation continues to operates the spill responder fleet which provides protection to the coastal waters of the United States from oil spills.

ACS continues to develop and provide coalescer solutions for industrial separation of hydrocarbons and solvents from water. These applications provide low cost separation  since no chemicals or replaceable units are required. Direct interception mesh coalescer elements, not damaged by solids, will last for several years with out replacement. Vane units, utlizing Stokes settling, provide excellent liquid separation with very low fouling when particulates are present in the liquid stream.  In many cases where filtration is required, continuous filters can be used to reduce cost.

ACS continues to develop new technologies and applications for coalescers to help the world clean up storm water run off, remove hydrocarbons from bilge and holding tank water, remove water from fuels such as kerosene and diesel, treat process water, remove plant process water carryover, and many other applications.  For more information, download the detailed ACS Coalescer (PDF) & Mist Elimination Design Manuals (PDF).

ACS also designs and provides specialty mist elimination scrubber internals for particulate, fine liquid droplet, and odor emissions pollution control.  Typical applications include the following:

• Coal Fired Power Plants, Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD)
• Steel Mills and Iron Foundries
• Various Industrial Furnaces
• Carbon Black Plants
• Paper Mills for Odor Control
• Wastewater treatment plants
• Molten Sulphur Plants
• Scrubbing of liquids from electroplating facilities
• Others